STATE v. BOLES

No. 12154.

126 S.E.2d 393 (1962)

STATE ex rel. John Fink MOUNTS v. Otto C. BOLES, Warden, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 26, 1962.

Dissenting Opinion July 18, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy C. McCamic, Thomas B. Miller, Wheeling, for relator.

C. Donald Robertson, Atty. Gen., George H. Mitchell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.


BERRY, Judge.

This habeas corpus proceeding was instituted under the original jurisdiction of this Court on January 23, 1962. John Fink Mounts, petitioner, hereinafter referred to as petitioner, seeks a writ to compel Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, respondent, hereinafter referred to as respondent, to release him from his present confinement under sentence of life imprisonment imposed upon him by the final judgment of the Circuit Court...

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